Pea-shelling machine



Feb. 9, 1926. 1,572,867

CI. SAEBELL PEA SHELLING MACHINE Filed Oct. 25, 1922 5 6 72 INVENTOR.

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CHARLES SABELL, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY; AUG'UETA A. SABELL ADMINIS-TRATBIX 0?? SAID CHARLES fiABELL, DECEASED.

PEA-SHELLING MACHINE.

Application filed October 25, Serial No. 596,701.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SABELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Pea-shellingilachincs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates essentially to a sanitary pea shelling machine inwhich the pods are positioned end up in a hopper and a pair of rollerslocated below the hopper grip the ends of the pods thereby squeezingthem so as to break them open.

An object of the invention is to incline the rollers so that after thepeas drop from the pods they will roll toward the front ends of therollers and gravitate down an inclined chute.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a hopper which issubstantially the length of the rollers and divieed transversely toprevent the pods from toppling over.

Another object of the invention is to provide a removable hopper so asto permit it to be readily cleaned and to give unhampered access to thecasing and its adjacent parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide knurled metal rollers togive positive gripping surface and to journal one of the rollers insliding spring pressed blocks so that it will be uniformly pushedagainst the other roller sufiiciently to feed pods of varying thicknessand not needlessly crush them.

The invention resides more particularly in the novel combinationshereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a sectional side elevation of a machine embodying thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken along the line 2 2 of thesame.

Fig. 3 is a similar section taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing the numeral l designates a standard which is providedwith a clamp 5 whereby the machine can be attached to the edge of atable or other article. On the standard is secured or integral therewitha frame consisting of front and rear transverse sections 6 boltedtogether by a pair of longitudinal bars 7 located at the lower part ofthe frame. The upper portion of the frame carries a casing 8 having anopen top while the bottom 9 of it has a longitudinal opening extendingto the front of the casing, as indicated in Fig. 2. The bottom of thecasing slopes toward the sides so that the shelled peas will not getcrushed between the actuating parts of the machine.

A hopper 10 having inclined side Walls is arranged in the casing. Thishopper is hooked over the top of the casing so that it can readily beremoved and cleaned. The removable hopper also permits rapid clean ingof the casing and its adjacent parts. The hopper is divided into anumber of compartments by means of a series of transverse partitions 11so that the pods cannot topple.

As indicated in the drawing the frame is set at an angle and a feedroller 12 is journaled in the frame below the casing. A similar roller13 is journaled in blocks ll sliding in horizontal slots 15 formed inthe frame. Coiled springs 16 are made to push the blocks with the rollertoward the other roller and a nut 17 adjusts the spring to bear more orless against the blocks. Each roller is made entirely of metal and itsperiphery is knurled so that it will positively grip the ends of thepods that are ended. up in the hopper. A gear 18 on the shaft of eachroller will rotate them in the desired direction and a crank 19 mountedon the roller 12 is employed to actuate the rollers.

The rollers are set at anincline the frontportion being lower than therear hence, when the peas fly from the pods they will gravitate towardan inclined chute 20 and roll into a receptacle not shown. The inclinedsides of the hopper guide the pods toward the meeting faces of theparallel feed rollers, where they are gripped by the rollers and thepods are compressed while feeding therebetween. The peas then drop fromthe pods and roll down the inclination in the space between the bottomof the casing and the lower part of the hopper while the haslongitudinal play room permitting it to be slid to and fro when the podsare inserted to accelerate the movement of the shelled peas.

As indicated in Fig. 2 the sides of the hopper are inclined. divergingat the top and narrow at the bottom so that the lower ends of the podswill be guided toward the circumference of the two feed rollers. Inpractice it is customary to place a bunch of the pods in eachcompartment end up and the partitions prevent them from toppling over ina longitudinal path while the inclination of the sides of the hopperbeing substantially about 65 degrees prevents the pods from falling overtransversely. The peculiar formation of the compartment thus achievesthefollowing results; it guides the pods toward the meetingfaces of therollers and at the same time prevents them from falling so that theywill at all times be almost upright and. the bunch in one compartmentwill be separated from the other or cannot get entangled by thetransverse vertically arranged partitions.

I claim:

1. A pea shelling machine comprising. a. frame, a casing having a slopedbottom Witha longitudinal opening carried by the frame,

I a hopper with inclined sides removably and slidinglyconnected to thecasing for positioning a quantity of pods end up, transverse partitionsdividing the hopper into a number of compartments for preventing thepods from toppling over, a pair of rollers arranged at an incline in aline below the opening in the casing to compress the pod shellstherebetween, and an inclined chute secured to the frame adjacent to thefront ends of the rollers for the peas to roll down from the slopedbottom.

2. A pea shelling machine comprising a frame, a casing having a slopedbottom with an opening mounted on the frame, a hopper with inclinedsides removably and slidingly hooked over the top of the casing forpositioning a quantity of pods end up, transverse partitions dividingthe hopper intov a number of compartments for preventing the pods fromtoppling over each compartment being made to hold a plurality of pods, apair of parallel. rollers substantially the length of. the hopperarranged at an incline below the hopper made tocompress the podstherebetween, and an inclined chute secured to the frame adjacent to thefront ends of the rollers for the peas. to roll down from the slopedbottom.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES SABELL.

